Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFO-9514179
  • published26 Mar 2025
  • disclosed26 Feb 2025

Introduced: 26 Feb 2025

CVE-2022-49657  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.290-217.505.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2790.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo package and not the kernel-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usbnet: fix memory leak in error case

usbnet_write_cmd_async() mixed up which buffers need to be freed in which error case.

v2: add Fixes tag v3: fix uninitialized buf pointer

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1